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Those are scenarios designed to be used with the full set of Solar Starfire TACTICAL RULES (A-G), but limited to early technologies. It should give you a starting point for learning the tactical rules without having to learn how to design ships first.

As for the strategic rules, I'd recommend setting up as if you are going to play a full-on game (homeworld and 3 warp point), then just sandbox those four systems. Set up your economy and research infrastructure and get the hang of ship building and colonization without the worry of NPRs.

Yeah... hey nukesnipe. Do you think it would be neat to have a QSR for the strategic rules? It would have more than 3 pages (obviously), but it might make a neat stepping stone for new players to get into the strategy part of the game. What do ya'll think?

Cralis wrote:Yeah... hey nukesnipe. Do you think it would be neat to have a QSR for the strategic rules? It would have more than 3 pages (obviously), but it might make a neat stepping stone for new players to get into the strategy part of the game. What do ya'll think?

I've been playing/studying (more study than play) Starfire since 1981. Individually, I love each part of Ultra/Solar Starfire. The simplicity of the tactical game; the flexibility of ship generation; the detail of star system generation, and by extension NPR creation; the exploration of those systems; the R&D rules.

But when put together in a 400 page rule book, it's scary as hell. Even to someone whose played every edition for 35 years.

So, yes, a set of QSRs or perhaps even tutorials. The rules have great examples, but they involve flipping through the aforementioned 400 page book. Something that walks a player through the initial setup of his home system, and then perhaps a bit of expansion and contact with an NPR would let someone see all the pieces in motion as they were intended. I think that could be very beneficial.